Archive for March, 2011

Today is the day we enact the procedural Annual General Meeting of the UFV Campus and Community Radio Society, on Monday, March 21st, 2011 at 6 pm, in U-House on the University of the Fraser Valley’s Abbotsford Campus.

CIVL Radio is excited to be recognized in today’s Abbotsford News, dubbed by Neil Corbett as the Cultural Diversity Awards ‘big local winner’, and appreciates all of the support this community has given to CIVL Radio and its partners in diversity.

Special recognition needs to go out to Cultural Diversity Awards keynote speaker Nehal Azab, whose photo graces the pages of the news this week, on an especially important occasion, today being the 100th anniversary of International Womens Day.

Nehal described a powerful and evocative series of events in her keynote address at the Cultural Diversity Awards, recounting the visit she took back to her native Egypt, where she was in Cairo during the January protests that led to the impending regime change from President Hosni Mubarak.

It is the strength of storytelling like this that helps to keep local efforts alive, striving for open and more inclusive democratic practices at home and abroad, and it is storytellers like Nehal Azab who ensure that our community will continue to diversify and recognize the richness and vitality of the culture within.

Please continue to share stories of strong women in your community, and support their efforts.

For information on International Women’s Day please visit this website http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

The second event takes place at Caseys on Campus this Thursday, March 10th at 11am, and is focused on the development and the future of the land surrounding the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford.

Food, prizes, drinks, and discussion will be provided, and you are invited to give your input towards how to create a ‘vibrant and sustainable region near a university that connects people with amenities‘.

This week is CIVL Radios three year anniversary of podcasting. That’s right folks, way back in 2008 CIVL began internet broadcasting here at www.civl.ca. And while we have now been broadcasting at 101.7 on the FM dial since Tuesday, September 6, 2010, we are still proud to continue our podcasting of CIVL programs. It has been a busy year for CIVL radio, as we’ve added 16 new shows, all of which can bee found on the podcast page to be enjoyed anytime, however if you want to listen to them live here’s when (and WHAT) they are!